Principal Product Manager, Experience

Spotify•New York, NY

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

We design Spotify’s consumer experience—end to end, moment to moment, across every screen, platform, and partner integration. Our mission is to make listening feel effortless, personal, and joyful for billions of users around the world. That means turning complexity into clarity across hundreds of touchpoints—from our mobile and desktop apps to the smart speakers, TVs, cars, and integrations where Spotify shows up every day. If it touches a consumer, we shape it. We bring deep insight into human behavior, design, and technology to craft experiences that feel intuitive, expressive, and unmistakably Spotify. We’re seeking a Principal Product Manager to join our consumer experience team. At Spotify, helping users decide what to play next is at the heart of the experience. This role focuses on shaping how people explore music, podcasts, and more—through intuitive, personalized, and engaging discovery experiences across the app. As a Principal Product Management, you’ll work on some of Spotify’s most visible surfaces, connecting user intent, recommendations, and content into a seamless journey that helps millions of listeners find their next favorite thing.

Requirements

You have 10+ years of product management experience working on consumer-facing products
You have experience owning or influencing large product areas that span multiple teams or surfaces
You have a deep understanding of discovery, search, or personalization systems
You know how to turn complex systems into simple, intuitive user experiences
You are comfortable leading through influence in highly cross-functional environments
You care deeply about product craft and building high-quality user experiences at scale
You use data, experimentation, and judgment to guide decisions and strategy
You are a strong collaborator who builds alignment across engineering, design, and data partners

Responsibilities

Define and drive the long-term product vision for how users explore and decide what to play on Spotify
Shape discovery experiences across key consumer surfaces such as Home, Browse, and Search
Lead cross-surface strategy that connects personalized recommendations, editorial context, and user intent into a cohesive journey
Partner with engineering, design, and data science to evolve scalable discovery platforms and components used across Spotify
Identify opportunities to reduce decision friction and make exploration feel effortless and engaging
Influence roadmap and priorities across multiple teams, ensuring alignment with broader consumer experience strategy
Use experimentation, behavioral data, & user insights to inform strategy & continuously improve outcomes
Act as a senior product leader, mentoring others and raising the bar for product thinking, clarity, and impact